'Rainbow in the Night' Holocaust music video captures horror of World War II ... - The Huntsville Times - al.com |
| Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:09 AM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- President Barack Obama announced today, April 23, 2012, that he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jan Karski, a Catholic Polish resistance fighter who broke the news to the U.S. of the Nazi wholesale slaughter of Jews in Poland in attempt to help stop the killings. Obama also announced the formation of an Atrocities Prevention Board, which meets today, at the White House, for the first time. The inter-agency board is charged with detecting developments of situations of oppression around the world and beginning U.S. initiatives to help prevent them. Obama's announcement, which came during his remarks at a ceremony of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, increases attention about the plight of Jews in Poland during World War II. That attention could also bring more notice to a new six-minute music video of "Rainbow in the Night." The film and song, both written by Cecelia Margules, follow the experiences of one Jewish family in Poland. Beginning with a modern gathering to honor a Holocaust survivor, who ignores the party to study a painting of the Krakow Jewish Ghetto, the music of that party takes viewers back to a joyful Sabbath family meal before World War II. As the song tells of finding impossible hope, a rainbow in darkness, the video shows the panic of the family as they gather their belongings to flee as Jews are rounded up to be sent to concentration camps. Filmed on location in Krakow, Poland, and in the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland, the video is powerful statement of the horrors of what happened, but manages to end with a cry of hope for a future where all children will survive and thrive. Cantor Yanky Lemmer, who also acts in the video, sings in a powerful tenor with a style that manages to evoke ancient Jewish chants, and also speak to a contemporary generation. The daughter of Holocaust survivors herself, Margules, a New York-based filmmaker, has worked to spread a message of peace through her music, films and volunteer work. The video of "Rainbow in the Night" is viewable, free, at You Tube and below: This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks. |
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